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at once they are sorted and sacked in two bushel 

 >acks. If they are to be held for a short time 

 ;ii id a root cellar has not been prepared, they 

 in ay be pitted in the field. Do not dig deep 

 pits, but smooth off the ground, put the potatoes 

 in as sleep a pile as possible, cover first with 

 straw or vines and then with enough soil to pre- 

 vent injury by frost. Leave a small space at top 

 of pile not covered with the soil for the escape of 



Plate XXXVII. A Good Potato Crop. 



the heat and moisture given off by piled potatoes. 

 Potatoes stored in this way will keep until the 

 weather gets quite cold. Where root cellars are 

 used, the potatoes are usually piled in loose, and 

 kept as cool "as may be without danger of freez- 

 ing. 



Often our potatoes grow to very large size, 

 single tubers weighing five and six pounds not 

 beinir uncommon. These very large potatoes are 

 not desired in the market. The best sale is 



